Author:John Fletcher
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Works
[edit]Solo Plays
[edit]- The Faithful Shepherdess, pastoral (written 1608–9; printed 1609?)
- Valentinian, tragedy (1610–14; 1647)
- Monsieur Thomas, comedy (c. 1610–16; 1639)
- The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed, comedy (c. 1611?; 1647)
- Bonduca, tragedy (1611–14; 1647)
- The Chances, comedy (c. 1613–25; 1647)
- Wit Without Money, comedy (c. 1614; 1639)
- The Mad Lover, tragicomedy (acted Jan. 5, 1617; 1647)
- The Loyal Subject, tragicomedy (licensed Nov. 16, 1618; revised 1633?; 1647)
- The Humorous Lieutenant, tragicomedy (c. 1619; 1647)
- Women Pleased, tragicomedy (c. 1619–23; 1647)
- The Island Princess, tragicomedy (c. 1620; 1647)
- The Wild Goose Chase, comedy (c. 1621; 1652)
- The Pilgrim, comedy (c. 1621; 1647)
- A Wife for a Month, tragicomedy (licensed May 27, 1624; 1647)
- Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, comedy (licensed Oct. 19, 1624; 1640)
Collaborations
[edit]With Beaumont:
- The Woman Hater, comedy (1606; 1607)
- Cupid's Revenge, tragedy (c. 1607–12; 1615)
- Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding, tragicomedy (c. 1609; 1620) 1634 ed.: IA
- The Maid's Tragedy, tragedy (c. 1609; 1619)
- A King and No King, tragicomedy (1611; 1619)
- The Captain, comedy (c. 1609–12; 1647)
- The Scornful Lady, comedy (c. 1613; 1616)
- Love's Pilgrimage, tragicomedy (c. 1615–16; 1647)
- The Noble Gentleman, comedy (c. 1613?; licensed Feb. 3, 1626; 1647)
- Fifty Comedies and Tragedies (1679) (external scan)
- The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher (1750) IA 1, IA 2, IA 3, IA 4, IA 5, IA 6, IA 7, IA 8, IA 9, IA 10
- Thierry and Theodoret, tragedy (c. 1607?; 1621)
- The Coxcomb, comedy (c. 1608–10; 1647)
- Beggars' Bush, comedy (c. 1612–13? revised 1622?; 1647)
- Love's Cure, comedy (c. 1612–13?; revised 1625?; 1647)
With Massinger:
- Sir John van Olden Barnavelt, tragedy (August 1619; MS)
- The Little French Lawyer, comedy (c. 1619–23; 1647)
- A Very Woman, tragicomedy (c. 1619–22; licensed June 6, 1634; 1655)
- The Custom of the Country, comedy (c. 1619–23; 1647)
- The Double Marriage, tragedy (c. 1619–23; 1647)
- The False One, history (c. 1619-23; 1647)
- The Prophetess, tragicomedy (licensed May 14, 1622; 1647)
- The Sea Voyage, comedy (licensed June 22, 1622; 1647)
- The Spanish Curate, comedy (licensed Oct. 24, 1622; 1647)
- The Lovers' Progress or The Wandering Lovers, tragicomedy (licensed Dec. 6, 1623; revised 1634; 1647)
- The Elder Brother, comedy (c. 1625; 1637)
With Massinger and Field:
- The Honest Man's Fortune, tragicomedy (1613; 1647)
- The Queen of Corinth, tragicomedy (c. 1616–18; 1647)
- The Knight of Malta, tragicomedy (c. 1619; 1647)
With Shakespeare:
- Henry VIII, history (c. 1613; 1623)
- The Two Noble Kinsmen, tragicomedy (c. 1613; 1634)
- Cardenio, tragicomedy? (c. 1613)
- Wit at Several Weapons, comedy (c. 1610–20; 1647)
With Rowley:
- The Maid in the Mill (licensed Aug. 29, 1623; 1647).
With Field:
- Four Plays, or Moral Representations, in One, morality (c. 1608–13; 1647) (Some assign this play to Fletcher and Beaumont.)
With Massinger, Jonson, and Chapman:
- Rollo Duke of Normandy, or The Bloody Brother, tragedy (c. 1617; revised 1627–30?; 1639)
With Shirley:
- The Night Walker, or The Little Thief, comedy (c. 1611; 1640)
Uncertain:
- The Nice Valour, or The Passionate Madman, comedy (c. 1615–25; 1647)
- The Laws of Candy, tragicomedy (c. 1619–23; 1647)
- The Fair Maid of the Inn, comedy (licensed Jan. 22, 1626; 1647)
- The Faithful Friends, tragicomedy (registered June 29, 1660; MS.)
Works about Fletcher
[edit]- "John Fletcher," in The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets (pp. 57−61), by Gerard Langbaine, London: Thomas Leigh (1698): article also covers Beaumont
- "Beaumont and Fletcher," by Algernon Charles Swinburne in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (3) (1878)
- "Beaumont and Fletcher," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
- "Beaumont and Fletcher" (1882), a sonnet by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- "Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Fletcher, John (1579-1625)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Beaumont, Francis," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
- "Fletcher, John," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
- "Beaumont, Francis," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Beaumont and Fletcher," by Algernon Charles Swinburne and Margaret Bryant in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Beaumont, Francis," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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